Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hosts HOPE Tower Topping Out Ceremony

NEPTUNE, N.J. – Jersey Shore University Medical Center held its topping out celebration on Sept. 15 for HOPE Tower – a $265-million building development on the hospital’s east campus in Neptune, New Jersey, that will provide a new healing outpatient experience for the community. The ceremony celebrated the placement of the final steel beam on the roof of the 10-story HOPE Tower, scheduled to open early 2018.

Jersey Shore’s team members – led by hospital president Kenneth N. Sable, M.D., MBA, FACEP – joined the construction crew that has been building the 299,000-square-foot facility since November 2015 to watch the 2,800-ton structural steel beam hoisted onto the tower’s skeleton. The steel beam represents the final phase of structural work supporting HOPE Tower, and was signed by hospital team members with their personal messages of hope and inspiration.

Guided by a patient-centered approach towards care, and informed by the latest medical breakthroughs, HOPE Tower expands upon Jersey Shore’s comprehensive services by providing a thoughtful and accessible healthcare experience.

Two floors within HOPE Tower will house a 58,000-square-foot cancer care center that will offer comprehensive treatment options, including surgical specialties, medical oncology, advanced radiation therapy and minimally invasive interventional therapies. The new center is designed for Jersey Shore’s multi-disciplinary team of specialists who deliver coordinated and compassionate care treating a range of oncological conditions.

Jersey Shore is the region’s only academic university-level teaching center, and HOPE Tower will serve as home to medical education programs, Meridian Research Services and Faculty physician offices in medical practice areas including surgery, medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology. With expert clinicians, a state-of-the-art amphitheater and a high-tech simulation laboratory, HOPE Tower will foster the next generation of medical leaders and provide access to the most promising clinical trials and therapies.

In addition to HOPE Tower, a new adjacent nine-level parking garage with 1,583 parking spaces for patients, guests and team members is slated to open December of this year.

HOPE Tower was designed by WHR Architects and project management services are led by Stantec Consulting Ltd. LF Driscoll is the construction company and civil engineering and landscape architecture services are provided by Dewberry Engineers. Walter P. Moore is the structural engineer.